Retired NYPD Detective Tom Verney
Appearances
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The Manhunt: 1
And then he's hit, he's struck multiple times, and then he goes down to the floor.
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Gobs of physical evidence that connect him to the actual crime. We have a weapon. We have ammunition. We have fingerprints. Fingerprints on the weapon. We have fingerprints on a water bottle.
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The fact that he was caught with a weapon, with ammunition, that local jurisdiction is now going to want to file charges.
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You have a population of about 8.5 million people. You have an undocumented population in the hundreds of thousands. You have 2 to 3 million people that commute into New York. New York City every day, either as visitors or as commuters to go to work or school.
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In order to bring him back to New York County, in New York City, they're going to have to extradite him. Now it's just become sort of a bureaucratic red tape situation, right?
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It just becomes more of an extra step or two because now we have to file a warrant for their arrest and potentially have the ability to cross state lines to go and get the person.
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We have a manifesto that he's written that literally explained why this particular person was targeted. This particular company was at the crosshairs of his ire and anger.
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A sort of professional, quote unquote, professional assassin would have been super stealth. You wouldn't have seen where the shot came from. And certainly wouldn't have seen him running away to grab a bike and leaving behind a number of items with, you know, eventually what we would find out to be a treasure trove of clues.
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The Manhunt: 1
So you have someone who's thinking irrationally, and now they're armed with a weapon and ammunition. That's never a good combination, at least from the law enforcement side of things. And that's why it was important to try to track him down as quickly as possible.
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He's on the run and he's going to become desperate. And when people become desperate and they start to get cornered like a cornered rat, you know, they're going to attack. And sometimes when they attack, even if their focus is to try to stop the police or law enforcement from getting them, that attack could inevitably encompass a wide range of other people as collateral damage.
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The Manhunt: 1
So that's why law enforcement was very concerned, not only for the other potential targets that he may have had in his crosshairs, but for the general public at large, because now you had someone who was going to become increasingly desperate to try to get away and not get caught. And then other people could have been roped into that scope of violence. And that's what we were worried about.
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That's the witching hour. That's the time of the day where things really start to come alive in the city.
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When he was at the hostel and lowered his mask enough where you had a full facial picture of him.
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Now, once that picture got plastered out into every part of the country and every mode of media, whether it be news media, social media and otherwise, you know, everyone was kind of looking for this dude.
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The Manhunt: 1
There's always circumstantial evidence, but more importantly, it's the physical evidence that you really want because you need something to tie someone directly to this event. And then later on, if you can come up With the motivation, that's always helpful too, right? Sort of connecting all these dots or connecting all these puzzle pieces to make the puzzle complete.
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The Manhunt: 1
This picture was obtained by the NYPD during one of their extensive video canvases. We took that photograph and we asked for the public's help in identifying this subject and the public responded. Hundreds of tips began to pour into our hotline. Each tip was investigated thoroughly. and we began to release additional photographs as they came into our possession.
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The NYPD provided these photos to numerous media outlets. Local, national, and international outlets released the photo via television, print, social media, and online content.
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Luckily, a citizen in Pennsylvania recognized our subject and called local law enforcement. Members of the Altoona Police Department responded to the call, and based on their investigation, they notified the NYPD.
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He's approached from behind by this assailant who pulls out a weapon and starts firing at him.
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The Manhunt: 1
He's in position of what's called a ghost gun, which is something you can literally download off the internet. and then print out on a 3D printer.